spülen

== German == === Etymology === From Middle High German spüelen, from Old High German *spuolen (attested in Old High German irspuolen (“to wash”)), from Proto-West Germanic *spōlijan. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈʃpyːln̩/, /ˈʃpyːlən/ === Verb === spülen (weak, third-person singular present spült, past tense spülte, past participle gespült, auxiliary haben) (transitive) to rinse or wash (dishes, clothes, etc.) Bitte spülen Sie Ihre Flaschen vor dem Recycling. ― Please rinse your bottles before recycling them. (transitive) (of waves, tides, etc.) to wash, to sweep (something off a boat, onto shore) to flush (esp. the toilet) Synonyms: durchspülen, abspülen, abziehen (figuratively) to wash, to sweep, to flush ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== Spüle === Further reading === “spülen”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎[2] (in German) “spülen” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon “spülen” in Duden online “spülen” in OpenThesaurus.de